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De pata de perroJuly 5, 2008 - Saturday  
 
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 Popular Arts Museum
This building was seat of the San Nicolás College during the XVI century, which was transfered to Valladolid (today Morelia) afterwards giving origin to the Michoacan's University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo.

Popular Arts Museum: Popular Arts Museum
Popular Arts Museum
Features of Popular Arts Museum

Colonial architecture: It was during the XVI century that this building became the seat to the San Nicolas College. Its front and cattail with a baroque style were built during the XVIII century

Archaeology: At the back of the museum's you'll find a "Troje" (a tarascan house) made with assembled wood and with the typical indian decorations, built over a monumental prehispanic basal dedicated to the goddess Curicaveri

Art: "La Peribana" a 90 cm. in diameter tray, probably made in the XVII century with the finger tips, images made with the corn cane; a baptism pond from the XVI century; stoved wood saints figures from the XVIII century, paintings, among others.



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